First Loss of the Season for the Lakers

The Lakers lost to the Pistons 106-95 Friday and are no longer the only undefeated team in the league. Allen Iverson and Rasheed Wallace scored 25 points each to lead Detroit to victory in the second half and Lakers fans, who have a tendency to leave early because their team is winning, were seen leaving the stadium in the last few minutes of Friday’s game simply to not have to watch them lose. Lakers forward Lamar Odom told the L.A. Times, “We didn’t do nothing good as a team–defense, offense, extra effort, loose balls, steals.” Although Kobe Bryant scored 29 points against the Pistons, he wasn’t shooting straight and only made 12 out of a whopping 30 shots.

Derek Fisher missed 12 of 16 shots, finishing with nine points. Lakers coach Phil Jackson told the Times, “Kobe and Fish both had difficult nights shooting the ball. You’re not going to win sometimes when that happens.” The Pistons led by as many as 20 points in the fourth quarter before the Lakers seemingly made a comeback, but they still lost when the final horn sounded. Kwame Brown had a good game last night and Jackson commended him, saying “He outplayed Andrew tonight…but Kwame’s capable. We know that he’s had good games, and he had one tonight.” Six of the Lakers next seven games will be at home and only two of them are against teams with winning records. Next up, they face off against Chicago on Tuesday.

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